Article 1(1)A person listed in any of the following items must submit the written application listed in those respective items to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry:

(2)The applicant must attach a document stating the reason for the application and a document evidencing the relevant facts to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph.

(3)A person who intends to apply for export approval for goods listed in the middle column of row 1 of Appended Table 2 of the Cabinet Order must submit two sets of export confirmation following the format prescribed in Appended Table 1-4, in addition to those specified in the provisions of paragraph (1), to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

(4)In granting permission or approval to an application filed in accordance with paragraph (1), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to indicate to that effect in the written applications and deliver one set thereof to the applicant as a certificate of permission to export or as a certificate of export approval.

Article 1-2(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, in filing an application using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system as prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on the Utilization of Electronic Data Processing System for the Processing and Other Handling of Import and Export-Related Business (Act No. 54 of 1977) which is considered the electronic data processing system pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the same Act; the same applies in the following Article) as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Utilizing Information and Communications Technology in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 151 of 2002), a person listed in any of the following items must enter the particulars to be specified in an application form referred to in the relevant item through the input-output device (limited to that which conforms to the standards, as publicly notified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; hereinafter referred to as the "specified input-output device") which the applicant referred to each respective item uses:

(2)In filing an application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must enter information confirming the relevant facts through the specified input-output device and record it in a file stored in the special-purpose computer, or submit a document evidencing the relevant facts to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

(3)If a person who files an application as prescribed in paragraph (1) has entered information in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may have that person submit a document evidencing the facts in relation to the relevant information as necessary, during the period from the date on which the applicant has filed the application to the date on which the applicant is notified of whether their application has been accepted or denied.

(4)Upon granting permission to an application filed in accordance with paragraph (1), item (i), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to record particulars to be specified in a certificate of permission to export following the format prescribed in Appended Table 3 into a file stored in the special-purpose computer; and upon granting approval to an application filed in accordance with item (ii) of the same paragraph, the Minister is to record particulars to be specified in a certificate of export approval following the format prescribed in Appended Table 4 into a file stored in the special-purpose computer.

(5)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in granting permission for an application filed in accordance with paragraph (1), item (i), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to indicate to that effect in a certificate of permission to export following the format prescribed in Appended Table 3, and deliver it to the applicant, if the applicant requests the Minister to do so; and in granting approval for an application filed in accordance with item (ii) of the same paragraph, the Minister is to indicate to that effect in a certificate of export approval following the format prescribed in Appended Table 4, and deliver it to the applicant, if the applicant requests the Minister to do so.

Article 1-3(1)An applicant that has filed advance notification by submitting a written applicant notification using Appended Table 6 and a document evidencing the relevant facts to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must be the one to enter the information prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

(2)If there are any changes to the particulars of which a person has made a notification in accordance with the preceding paragraph or they intend to stop using an electronic data processing system (meaning an electronic data processing system connecting the special-purpose computer and the specified input-output device through a telecommunication line; the same applies in the following paragraph), they must enter to that effect in an applicant notification form following the format prescribed in Appended Table 6 and notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of it promptly.

(3)On finding it not appropriate for a person who has made a notification in accordance with paragraph (1) to continue to use an electronic data processing system, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may suspend that person's use of the electronic data processing system.

(4)A notification submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 2-3, paragraph (1) of the Regulations for Import Trade Control (Order of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry No. 77 of 1949) or a notification submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 1-3, paragraph (1) of the Ministerial Order on Invisible Trade Connected with Visible Trade (Order of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry No. 8 of 1998) is considered a notification submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

Article 2(1)A person who intends to apply for approval to export goods for which the authority to grant export approval is delegated to the Director-General of Customs-House pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, item (i), and item (ii), (a) and (b) of the Cabinet Order, must submit two sets of a written application for export approval prescribed in Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii) to the Director-General of Customs-House.

(2)The provisions of Article 1, paragraph (3) applies mutatis mutandis to cases in which the Director-General of Customs-House grants approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, item (ii), (a) or (b) of the Cabinet Order.

(3)In granting approval to an application filed in accordance with paragraph (1), the Director-General of Customs-House is to indicate to that effect in the relevant written applications and deliver one set thereof to the applicant as a certificate of approval to export.

Article 2-2Notwithstanding the provisions of this Ministerial Order, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may provide a special procedure for those set forth in the following items, if necessary:

Article 3Processing works and raw materials specified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Cabinet Order are those listed in the following items as well as raw materials in accordance with a category of the processing works as listed in the respective items:

Article 4Customs is to notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry promptly of particulars listed in the following items for the goods specified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry by public notice, pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Cabinet Order; provided, however, that if the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it unnecessary to be notified about the particulars listed in those items, customs may be allowed to omit notification on particulars for which notification is found unnecessary:

Article 4-2A person specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as prescribed in Article 53, paragraph (4) of the Act is one that plays the leading role in performing any of the businesses prohibited under paragraph (1) or (2) of the same Article.

Article 4-3A person specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as prescribed in Article 10, item (i) or (ii) of the Cabinet Order is one who is in a position to regularly take on duties of a person who manages the operations prescribed in these items or any other person who takes on those duties to a substantial extent, irrespective of being a department manager, assistant manager, section chief or having any other title.

Article 5(1)If it is necessary to do so in order to conduct an examination pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Cabinet Order, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may send a letter of inquiry on necessary particulars to a person who intends to export or has exported goods, the manufacturer of those goods, or any other person concerned, and request them to respond thereto.

(2)A person who has received a letter of inquiry as prescribed in the preceding paragraph must make a response to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in writing without delay.